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the home of senate majority leader harry reid, home state. and he took to the floor, and moments after he acknowledged it he chose to raise the issue of the sequester budget cuts. >> late last night seven were killed in hawthorne and many others were injured in an explosion during a training exercise near the ammunition depot, hawthorne, nevada. we don't know exactly what happened. there was a violent explosion, we know that. my thoughts are with those who are injured and of course, the families of those who lost loved ones. i'll do whatever i can to support the military and-- >> time. >> mr. president, it's very important we continue training our military, but one of the things that sequester, we cut back training and maintenance. that's the way the sequester was written. >> megyn: national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with more? >> reporter: this was hours after harry reid took to the senate floor and used the hawthorne tragedy to talk about the impact of sequestration on military readiness. >> it's just n
the home of senate majority leader harry reid, home state. and he took to the floor, and moments after he acknowledged it he chose to raise the issue of the sequester budget cuts. >> late last night seven were killed in hawthorne and many others were injured in an explosion during a training exercise near the ammunition depot, hawthorne, nevada. we don't know exactly what happened. there was a violent explosion, we know that. my thoughts are with those who are injured and of course, the...
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harry reid says it doesn't. now, dianne feinstein promises that the fight is not over and she claims that senator reid did tell her that this would be offered as an amendment on the senate floor, but-- >> it came out on 10-8 vote of the judiciary committee not to give me a vote would be a major betrayal of trust. >> megyn: joining me now to discuss that, monica crowley, she's a radio talk show host and kirsten powers, the daily beast,both are fox news contributors. and it's spin and hope that has no foundation in reality? i mean, do we all agree that her assault weapons ban for all intents and purposes is dead? offering it as a amendment, as an amendment does nothing. it will not pass. it had very little chance of passing as part of the main bill and now it's offered this way, zero chance. >> well, look, when the president did this as a state of the union, it was meant to shame the republicans. what was left unsaid was that ocrats weren't going to support it and you had harry reid say right there, he has less th
harry reid says it doesn't. now, dianne feinstein promises that the fight is not over and she claims that senator reid did tell her that this would be offered as an amendment on the senate floor, but-- >> it came out on 10-8 vote of the judiciary committee not to give me a vote would be a major betrayal of trust. >> megyn: joining me now to discuss that, monica crowley, she's a radio talk show host and kirsten powers, the daily beast,both are fox news contributors. and it's spin and...
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harry reid reckoning the last train out of town for republicans and if they don't get on this one, they will use it against them in the 2014 election. and the democrats don't care what passes will be more liberal. they are running the risk. >> they see themselves in a win- win situation and senator cruz is saying hold on. he said the republicans don't need to buy into that. they need time and that this whole notion that if the republicans don't sign on to the gang of eight bill, that they are going to lose election after election after election in the future, because they will be seen as anti- hispanic is nonsense. listen to what he told rush. >> i got to tell you, that political argument is complete nonsense. if you look at the last time we enacted amnesty, the next election republican share of the hispanic vote went down. it is not the case, hispanics are not the single issue monolithic voter. >> interesting point. >> he makes a good point. but the people, moderate republicans like the folks in the gang of eight that favor doing this now make a good point, too, that hispanic voters ma
harry reid reckoning the last train out of town for republicans and if they don't get on this one, they will use it against them in the 2014 election. and the democrats don't care what passes will be more liberal. they are running the risk. >> they see themselves in a win- win situation and senator cruz is saying hold on. he said the republicans don't need to buy into that. they need time and that this whole notion that if the republicans don't sign on to the gang of eight bill, that they...
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i don't know that you can put harry reid in the gun rights group camp can you? >> well, this is really, when you get down to it. >> megyn: control i should say. >> a population density question. if you represent a place with a lot of people, if you represent a city, you are much more likely to be in favor of gun control. and if you represent the country, if you represent the country folks, you are much more likely to be in favor of gun rights. we have a big your began versus rural split on that, and harry reid's state have a lot of pistol-packing folks, a lot of rugged individualists out in nevada and that's true across the democrats in the west, appalachia, joe manchin, that's the deal, this is a cultural, region population density question, not a democrat-republican question. >> megyn: this is interesting, you pointed this out in your power play piece last week, a lot of times in the big cities, people's experiences with guns is those are things held by bad guys who want it hurt us, take our things and hurt our children. and the experience of those who are, yo
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so why would the republicans agree to curtail that right and what does it mean if harry reid decides to do it on his own with his own party. chris stirewalt is digital editor and host of power play on foxnews.com. the filibuster, normally to get something approved in the senate you have to have 51 votes, but in order to sort of get the votes going you need 60 votes and the filibuster is something the republicans use to stop that from ever happening, that deprive the party in power of the 60 votes they need and harry reid doesn't like it. now, when he was in the the minority, he felt a little differently, chris, but now he's on this campaign to seriously curtail the filibuster rights of the minority? >> well, that's for sure. and the calls have grown and grown among democrats for something it lessen the power of the minority to block legislation, basically what the filibuster does now is it prevents debate from ending on something and you can't move to the vote and as you say, once you get to the vote then you need a simple majority. if you can't close debate you can't ever get to the
so why would the republicans agree to curtail that right and what does it mean if harry reid decides to do it on his own with his own party. chris stirewalt is digital editor and host of power play on foxnews.com. the filibuster, normally to get something approved in the senate you have to have 51 votes, but in order to sort of get the votes going you need 60 votes and the filibuster is something the republicans use to stop that from ever happening, that deprive the party in power of the 60...
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it doesn't say that it's his idea, that bob woodward knows it's his idea and passes on to harry reid in the senate, doesn't tell you that part. >> megyn: the statute requires him it make cuts from person agencies in the board. but does it require him to actually say at ice, or for the ice administration say, okay, we need to let these he will legal who we believe need to be deported. and ice is under dhs for paying for training for employees that involves some zombie simulations all on-- >> zombie-- >> aren't there better ways for the federal government to start saving money rather than releasing-- look, we paid for this, rather than releasing detainees? >> i don't have proof of this, but appears to me that this is a targeted event and so, it's the federal government and the white house saying, oh, oh, oh, you republicans really screwed up now. these are the people that you want to cave, but you made a mistake and now we're letting them go. you've got what you didn't really want, but this is where we are today. i don't believe that we don't have any evidence that this is impeachable
it doesn't say that it's his idea, that bob woodward knows it's his idea and passes on to harry reid in the senate, doesn't tell you that part. >> megyn: the statute requires him it make cuts from person agencies in the board. but does it require him to actually say at ice, or for the ice administration say, okay, we need to let these he will legal who we believe need to be deported. and ice is under dhs for paying for training for employees that involves some zombie simulations all on--...
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reid. >> right, a democrat by the name of harry reid, who has opposed some of the very kind of things that president obama is calling for a vote on this time. so, yeah, i think the president should nudge people in his own party to do the things that he wants them to do. we haven't seen him do it on gun control, certainly didn't see him do it on immigration and never did it on senate budge proposal. >> megyn: she calls it an empty gesture untied to political reality. if you watched that moment, he seemed to be implying that there were lawmakers there and one would assume it was lawmakers on the opposite aisle from the president who are going to stop gabby giffords and other victims of gun violence from getting a vote on this legislation. that's not the reality right now in the u.s. congress. >> you're right and look, anytime the president speaks in a venue like this, he's got several audiences and clearly what he's saying is not for the members of congress in front of him. as you point out. harry reid could have a vote anytime he wants to and i think the president trying to build a pub
reid. >> right, a democrat by the name of harry reid, who has opposed some of the very kind of things that president obama is calling for a vote on this time. so, yeah, i think the president should nudge people in his own party to do the things that he wants them to do. we haven't seen him do it on gun control, certainly didn't see him do it on immigration and never did it on senate budge proposal. >> megyn: she calls it an empty gesture untied to political reality. if you watched...
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>> harry reid, joe manchin from west virginia, bob casey from pennsylvania. the aim for the president now is to find these n.r.a.-backed democrats and squeeze them and put the pressure on and say, are you uncomfortable when i bring little children up here to talk about schoolplace shootings? i can do it in your state or where you live and i can come and keep the pressure on you, until you agree to do some kind of a gun ban and get on board. remember this, megyn, you hit it right on the head, if the president can't get legislation out of the senate, he can't begin to apply pressure on the house. he can talk about it, but until the senate can actually move legislation, it's not going to work, so somebody like joe manchin who we first met on the national scene shooting with a deer rifle, the president's cap and trade bill back in 2010, if he can't get guys like that to sign up and get on board, nothing will happen. i bet he'll come with a pretty heavy hand. >> megyn: he's a west virginia guy, joe manchin and you're a west virginia guy. west virginia is not going
>> harry reid, joe manchin from west virginia, bob casey from pennsylvania. the aim for the president now is to find these n.r.a.-backed democrats and squeeze them and put the pressure on and say, are you uncomfortable when i bring little children up here to talk about schoolplace shootings? i can do it in your state or where you live and i can come and keep the pressure on you, until you agree to do some kind of a gun ban and get on board. remember this, megyn, you hit it right on the...
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reid took to the senate floor numerous times to call it an abuse of the majority when republicans were pushing things. so, both parties flip sides on this, but it's fascinating to look at this in the broader context of the 2014 elections, and even after 2016, where i think what the liberal groups hope to do right now is consolidate their victories in 2012 and expand on them over the next four years. >> megyn: to what extent can they accomplish these goals? because these are not moneyless, powerless groups? these are heavy hitters and now going to work together and they say it's up to 30 to 35 groups that are going to work together to accomplish these goals. >> we've seen that the president has been responsive to pushes from his left in his first term. if you look, for instance, at what happened with the keystone pipeline, there were basically threats by the environmental groups that they were not going to take their access out, not going door-to-door for the president if in tactful fact backed the keystone pipeline. i'm not sure you can drawing a correlation between those two, but ther
reid took to the senate floor numerous times to call it an abuse of the majority when republicans were pushing things. so, both parties flip sides on this, but it's fascinating to look at this in the broader context of the 2014 elections, and even after 2016, where i think what the liberal groups hope to do right now is consolidate their victories in 2012 and expand on them over the next four years. >> megyn: to what extent can they accomplish these goals? because these are not moneyless,...
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that's jay rockefeller and then max baucus and now harry reid. no one ever thought this was well done. but it was done as well as they thought was possible. it took on sort of the feeling of a snatch and grab operation. they knew that scott brown had been elected in massachusetts. they just had to get it done in 2010 or they decided they had to get it done. they put it together. nobody thought it was put together particularly well. liberals had complaints about it too, but they pressed on. under promises that this would get better. well, it isn't getting better and the implementation isn't going well, so now democrats ahead of midterm elections are making clear if there are problems with the implementation here, it's the fault of the administration, one. and two, republicans and harry reid's case who refused to provide enough additional funding to put the law in place. >> why do we need all this additional funding? where was the discussion about this additional funding when we were debating how much this law was going to cost, how much this new e
that's jay rockefeller and then max baucus and now harry reid. no one ever thought this was well done. but it was done as well as they thought was possible. it took on sort of the feeling of a snatch and grab operation. they knew that scott brown had been elected in massachusetts. they just had to get it done in 2010 or they decided they had to get it done. they put it together. nobody thought it was put together particularly well. liberals had complaints about it too, but they pressed on....
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and when they go about confirming a replacement for napolitano harry reid is threatened to go nuclear. he may say it is a first big fight for a important job that touches in the case of tsa every american and so it is going to get interesting down here. >> touches literally and figureivity. we'll have a nuclear debate about the option. not only is there a national debate raging about immigration but edward snowden national security debacle, were either of these connected. >> she's had fast and furious and all coin-- kinds of problem it is a job to take the boating for the administration, she had a leather jacket when megyn was interviewing her and you have to be tough. you are taking the heat for the administration and she has taken as much as she can stand or they want her too and she will go on to greener pastures in higher education. >> she will be in charge of ten separate campuses and it is a big job for the university of california system. it is safe to say that this is been in the works for a while >> probably a soft landing type of thing. highway pay and high profile and impor
and when they go about confirming a replacement for napolitano harry reid is threatened to go nuclear. he may say it is a first big fight for a important job that touches in the case of tsa every american and so it is going to get interesting down here. >> touches literally and figureivity. we'll have a nuclear debate about the option. not only is there a national debate raging about immigration but edward snowden national security debacle, were either of these connected. >> she's...
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yesterday we told you how majority leader harry reid has given republican minority leader mitch mcconnell a ult m may-- ultimatum, change the rules or the democrats will do it for you. the original deadline appears to have come and gone, but we're hearing reports that a deal could be in the works. now shall the filibuster is one of the few tools republicans have to make their voices heard in the senate. the minority party, i should say, some day the shoe could be on the other foot and some believe that giving it up would be dangerous for both sides. doug has more, doug? >> docks news confirmed that reid and mcconnell struck a proposed deal on filibuster reform and they're looking at the proposal and if there's widespread approval, we can see as early as today, some point this evening. big news about this proposal, it does not invoke the so-called nuclear option by which the majority on the senate could simply steam roll through the legislation, the legislation through the body with only a simple majority vote instead of the 60 vote threshold they've long held. instead the proposal will en
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as senator harry reid considers a massive change in the way washington works and the republicans are calling it a political pay back to organized labor. i am martha in for megyn kelliy. senate majority leader is moting with fellow democrats and discussing the rowel change that would give the president enormous power since it would allow the senate to approve white house nominees with a simple majority vote. mitch mcconnell said it is all about filling the labor spots and a political pay off for the unions. this is a part of the remarks, watch this. >> i know washington democrats are getting pressure from big labor bosses to do this. those folks have told democrats it is time to pay up and they don't have time for the democratic process or the rowel of law. they raised a ton of money for the democrats and they want special interest that is owed to them. >> strong words. joined by host of power play. stewart varny anchor of varny and company. two fantastic people to explain what this means. we'll go to chris first, in terms of what the nuclear option means for the president. >> you cou
as senator harry reid considers a massive change in the way washington works and the republicans are calling it a political pay back to organized labor. i am martha in for megyn kelliy. senate majority leader is moting with fellow democrats and discussing the rowel change that would give the president enormous power since it would allow the senate to approve white house nominees with a simple majority vote. mitch mcconnell said it is all about filling the labor spots and a political pay off for...
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reid to conclude accurately, according to most pundits, he doesn't have the votes in the senate. he's not oeven putting this in the main bill. >> and he made no secret of it. ten votes short, maybe 20 votes short on this. it wasn't even close, so for the president to go out today on what a group led by new york mayor michael bloomberg is calling a national day of action, calling for gun control, for the president to join that push today increases the pressure on those moderate democrats, those pro-gun democrats, including those facing reelection next year and this is a squeeze play that can't make folks feel comfortable in their own state. >> how is he going to get it done. the democrats control the senate and they need 60 votes and including they need some republicans. they're pretty frank that they don't have the dems necessary to get it through on a majority vote. does he get on the phone? how did president clinton do it? it was no easy fight back when he did it? how does he make it it happen in '94? >> he didn't campaign, didn't hold press conferences so much he stayed on the
reid to conclude accurately, according to most pundits, he doesn't have the votes in the senate. he's not oeven putting this in the main bill. >> and he made no secret of it. ten votes short, maybe 20 votes short on this. it wasn't even close, so for the president to go out today on what a group led by new york mayor michael bloomberg is calling a national day of action, calling for gun control, for the president to join that push today increases the pressure on those moderate democrats,...
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. >> the bills have been passed and harry reid won't bring them up. if you want to compromise get in the game and-- >> we've had that debate and the two parties see it very differently. in any event, kind of depressing, isn't it? and thanks for being here, though. thanks for being here. and maybe this will cheer you up, can you sue your parents for not loving you enough? we'll investigate that next. >> kelly's court is back in session. a 32-year-old man accusing his parents not loving him enough as a child so he's suing them for a hefty allowance. bernard bay is homeless and yet an aspiring record mogul. he blames his parents for his situation and saying they weren't loving or nurturing at all when he was a child and now he's asking a judge to force him to pay up claiming $200,000 should set things right. his mother says, bernard, get a job. adding that she has had a lifetime of old bernard and she's done. can you really sue for this? jonna spilbor is a former prosecutor and now defense attorney and julia is a former prosecutor and now defense attorne
. >> the bills have been passed and harry reid won't bring them up. if you want to compromise get in the game and-- >> we've had that debate and the two parties see it very differently. in any event, kind of depressing, isn't it? and thanks for being here, though. thanks for being here. and maybe this will cheer you up, can you sue your parents for not loving you enough? we'll investigate that next. >> kelly's court is back in session. a 32-year-old man accusing his parents...
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issue arose because harry reid in the senate is trying to raise the 50 votes instead of 60 which means he could dig the depth whole deeper national credit card while diagnose nothing to fix the problem to get our me examining g.ing to stop the con structure tending plbs. i think we need to stop playing politics. roll up our sleeves and fix the problem that's what the voters expect. >> megyn: there has been back lark by some particular lion the left. you are a bomb thrower. too far right. they don't see you as the future of the republican party because they think you are too far to the right and win, win other moderates. >> folks are entitled to throw what are rock our insults they want. from mile end i have no intention of reciprocating. i will not response in kind. what aim i'm going to stay focused on is doing the job person people want and expect. some say the most terribly conservative people on listen, i'm work to defend common sense murvel prince primary voters principles living within your need. >> bought of washington, d.c., is basic common sense. don't bankrupt the country. do
issue arose because harry reid in the senate is trying to raise the 50 votes instead of 60 which means he could dig the depth whole deeper national credit card while diagnose nothing to fix the problem to get our me examining g.ing to stop the con structure tending plbs. i think we need to stop playing politics. roll up our sleeves and fix the problem that's what the voters expect. >> megyn: there has been back lark by some particular lion the left. you are a bomb thrower. too far right....
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if you want to tell john boehner can't get to first base with harry reid bleep himself and meanwhile, joe biden is giving a partisan speech at a private event. >> megyn: and private conversations. >> it's not private we know about it. >> what you say in private in a matter of-- or in a moment of frustration. look, everybody does it. they're human beings, but what joe biden has to realize as megyn correctly points out, you can't be schizophrenic in your policy. either you're going to reach out and work in good faith with republicans or you're not. you can't have it both ways and certainly, republicans are listening to joe biden's comments that he made to democrats, and they're taking into account whether he's sincere. >> megyn: and you used that term schizophrenic, i never said anybody is hearing voices, but it is interesting to have the schism. great to see you. >> take care. >> megyn: coming up the homeland security department filed a new order for more than 300,000 powerful bullets as members of congress ask questions about why the security agency has recently posted big contracts f
if you want to tell john boehner can't get to first base with harry reid bleep himself and meanwhile, joe biden is giving a partisan speech at a private event. >> megyn: and private conversations. >> it's not private we know about it. >> what you say in private in a matter of-- or in a moment of frustration. look, everybody does it. they're human beings, but what joe biden has to realize as megyn correctly points out, you can't be schizophrenic in your policy. either you're...
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the democratic complaint, the people from harry reid in the bush era was that the bush administration was being too harsh in targeting and profiling individuals for this extra scrutiny, that they were sends agents to mosques. that they were being uncool with muslim americans, that they were not offering those protections to those americans in an overzealous effort to prevent troshism. the solution in the obama era is to take everybody's stuff a little bit, for every american. so maybe democrats are okay with this. because maybe this is their solution to profiling in the bush era is to take it from everybody instead of just some. >> letty ask you about this trust. quinnipiac did a poll, would you say barack obama is trustworthy or not. in 2011 he had an over 20% swing in his favor that they believed he was trustworthy and honest. look at it now. it's dead even. 47% say no i do not believe that. he has suffered a 20 point swing if you look at the overall numbers. and it's starting to hurt. i mean, it's not that they blame him for these particular scandals, because when you grill down in
the democratic complaint, the people from harry reid in the bush era was that the bush administration was being too harsh in targeting and profiling individuals for this extra scrutiny, that they were sends agents to mosques. that they were being uncool with muslim americans, that they were not offering those protections to those americans in an overzealous effort to prevent troshism. the solution in the obama era is to take everybody's stuff a little bit, for every american. so maybe democrats...
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., including harry reid. you have seven-- >> that's what they're trying to get at right now. the president obama right now for president obama he can't get the senate democrats to sign on to his legislation and groups that support president obama's gun control push are putting out ads like this on democrats. >> and shows you the president having a moment to unify the country after a horrific tragedy and you and i have talked about it in the past, in an effective way people are at the table saying comprehensive reform and let's discuss all things that will make our children and society safer and the president comes up with a plan not even members of his own party can support. i don't think that's the kinds of divisive leadership-- >> tony, you say members of his own party don't support this. the vast majority of members do. yes, are there democrats beholden to the gun lobby. >> megyn: let him finish. >> there are a ton of democrats, not a ton, but small set of democrats beholden to the influence of the gun lobby and that's why the the groups think the n.r.a. is nefarious as it
., including harry reid. you have seven-- >> that's what they're trying to get at right now. the president obama right now for president obama he can't get the senate democrats to sign on to his legislation and groups that support president obama's gun control push are putting out ads like this on democrats. >> and shows you the president having a moment to unify the country after a horrific tragedy and you and i have talked about it in the past, in an effective way people are at...
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reid never got them a committee hearing. >> it's starting to seem just a bit like the president doesn't have much regard for that co-equal branch of government stuff or checks and balances. he has a very specific agenda at work here, and that is to move straight ahead with the nominations of sharon block, robert griffin. there's only one, the chairman, mark, mark gaston pierce who is lawfully confirmed by the united states senate, it's-- >> supposed to be five on there. right now three, only one is whom is there legitimately. >> after the d.c. court of appeals rule it's unconstitutional, which in the views of many makes all of tfofe decisions they've made over 200, not valid and have to be reconsidered at some point by a lawfully-- >> if the supreme court reverses the lower court they're back in business. right now the only decision standing and they haven't officially appealed it, nlrb, is the one saying you do not belong on that board and you never had the authority to appoint them, president obama. >> there are a couple of levels here, several levels in which this president is basica
reid never got them a committee hearing. >> it's starting to seem just a bit like the president doesn't have much regard for that co-equal branch of government stuff or checks and balances. he has a very specific agenda at work here, and that is to move straight ahead with the nominations of sharon block, robert griffin. there's only one, the chairman, mark, mark gaston pierce who is lawfully confirmed by the united states senate, it's-- >> supposed to be five on there. right now...
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i should note that about ten years ago, harry reid was holding up some of president bush judicial nominee and started reading from a book about his hometown, searchlight, nevada. we've seen creative techniques, it doesn't happen often or the last time something like this, bernie sanders, december of 2010 who was objecting to a tax measure. >> megyn: okay. >> so he -- and so it's an unusual circumstance and we are witnessing it now. it's not clear how long he'll go. >> megyn: we want today hear the fairy tale read. mike, thank you. apparently this is what he read apart. no, no, said the queen, sentence first, verdict afterwards. stuff and nonsense, alice said loudly. and he's has to... bah, bah, bah. you can imagine the reaction of this and we're getting this from c-span and we don't control the shots. wouldn't you love to see the reaction? if we get that we'll put it on the screen. fox news alert we've the got live pictures from the bay bridge in annapolis where a truck has been blown over by this winter storm. you can see the fire trucks reversing down the road here. wow. take a look at
i should note that about ten years ago, harry reid was holding up some of president bush judicial nominee and started reading from a book about his hometown, searchlight, nevada. we've seen creative techniques, it doesn't happen often or the last time something like this, bernie sanders, december of 2010 who was objecting to a tax measure. >> megyn: okay. >> so he -- and so it's an unusual circumstance and we are witnessing it now. it's not clear how long he'll go. >> megyn:...
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senate majority leader harry reid has said that he has now scheduled the initial vote for gun control. this is controversial gun control bill in reaction to the connecticut murders in newtown, connecticut in december, young children, 20 young children and six adults. that will be scheduled for thursday. so, we are going to have a vote on gun control on thursday, at the federal level. in the meantime, down in houston, texas we're learning more about the not shooter, but stabber, he was apparently campus for toting around a toting around a stuffed animal, a monkey and the police confirm that the suspect was arrested after being tackled, we're told, by a fellow student and now hearing from some it may have been multiple students and to come, after he ran through the building attacking folks folks with an exact-o knife, a box cutter, we don't know. we're told, we saw students on gurneys taken away. some had gauze wrapped around one eyewitness talked about a stab wound in the neck and we heard from one student to talked about how he feels that he and other students need to be able to prote
senate majority leader harry reid has said that he has now scheduled the initial vote for gun control. this is controversial gun control bill in reaction to the connecticut murders in newtown, connecticut in december, young children, 20 young children and six adults. that will be scheduled for thursday. so, we are going to have a vote on gun control on thursday, at the federal level. in the meantime, down in houston, texas we're learning more about the not shooter, but stabber, he was...
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it was obama and jack plouffe and rod who went to the tktic leaders harry reid and this is the solution, but everyone has their fingerprints on this. >> we're getting video of the exact moment a kansas city restaurant exploded. missouri investigators releasing this surveillances footage. jj's restaurant was completely destroyed in a ball of fire and an employee killed in the blast felt up to a mile away and 15 injured and as many as six remain hospitalized. aerial views after the beloved restaurant was reduced to rubble. investigators say construction crews struck a natural gas line triggering the explosion. serious new questions for nasa after the agency failed to protect a massive explosion of a different type. the cosmic kind. here is video of the meteor that blew up with the force they say of 30 atomic bombs, injuring a thousand people and now a top republican is demanding to know why nasa never saw it coming and asking whether our space agency would be able to protect america if a meteor were headed here. and joining me an associate professor of physics at purdue science. and this
it was obama and jack plouffe and rod who went to the tktic leaders harry reid and this is the solution, but everyone has their fingerprints on this. >> we're getting video of the exact moment a kansas city restaurant exploded. missouri investigators releasing this surveillances footage. jj's restaurant was completely destroyed in a ball of fire and an employee killed in the blast felt up to a mile away and 15 injured and as many as six remain hospitalized. aerial views after the beloved...
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folks like senate majority leader harry reid who has been a long time progun ownership advocate under a lot of pressure to get some of these measures whether it's the one by senator dianne feinstein or others who are not viewed as restrictive what do you is you stall and you hope. the senate is good at doing. is not doing stuff. the hope for senate majority leader reid and other nra backed or progun democrats in the u.s. senate is play for time, have this work itself out. we see the bipartisan offer from joe manchin democrat from pennsylvania and republican from illinois background checks that you hope that some compromise position emerges. you can take ahold of that and get away from the issue. because i am sure that harry reid, ahead of having so many red state democrats up for re-election in 2014, is he not interested in doing a gun ban of any kind. i can't think that he would be because it would be so bad for some of his members and chances for remaining majority member. we are looking at the president departing from air force one arriving in minneapolis. it looks like he has both
folks like senate majority leader harry reid who has been a long time progun ownership advocate under a lot of pressure to get some of these measures whether it's the one by senator dianne feinstein or others who are not viewed as restrictive what do you is you stall and you hope. the senate is good at doing. is not doing stuff. the hope for senate majority leader reid and other nra backed or progun democrats in the u.s. senate is play for time, have this work itself out. we see the bipartisan...
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>> alisyn: that's a tough dance or a boxing match if i'm going to use the harry reid analogy, thanks, mike. also, developing this hour, new reaction from the white house, growing concern over the president's policies that allowed drone strikes on u.s. citizens comes in the wake after recent report from the department of justice issued a secret memo outlining the legal rational for targeting americans overseas, if they are suspected of being leaders of al-qaeda or an associated terror group. chief intelligence, catherine herridge is live in washington with the details. >> a short time ago at the white house briefing spokesman jay carney rejecting the idea that the controversial targeted killing program of american citizens could jeopardize confirmation of john brennan the white house counterterrorism advisor to head the cia. >> mr. brennan brings, i think, not only a vast amount of experience, but a significant perspective on the battles that we wage in this effort and the right way to conduct them. so, the president believes that the senate should and will confirm john brennan expedi
>> alisyn: that's a tough dance or a boxing match if i'm going to use the harry reid analogy, thanks, mike. also, developing this hour, new reaction from the white house, growing concern over the president's policies that allowed drone strikes on u.s. citizens comes in the wake after recent report from the department of justice issued a secret memo outlining the legal rational for targeting americans overseas, if they are suspected of being leaders of al-qaeda or an associated terror...
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senator leader harry reid thinks that race has something to do with it. we'll get reaction from the only black law makers in the u.s. senate. we'll so what he thinks. >> they are doing everything they can to make him fail, i hope, i hope and i say this seriously, i hope that that is based on substance and not the fact that he is african-american. an emotional day as more survivors and witnesses took the stand describing the day that maj majorna dill hasan opened four. there was a chilling gun shot and screams that were heard in the back grouvenltd it was an emotional situation in this can you remember. casy segal joins me now on the case. what is happening in there today. >> he continues to look disengaged and staring down in the defense papers and he doesn't thumb through it at all. he's not making eye conduct with the witnesses. people he is a cowed of shooting and we have seen him taking the stand and talking about what they saw on the november afternoon just after lunch. in a building where i am standing now and they are getting cleared for deployment
senator leader harry reid thinks that race has something to do with it. we'll get reaction from the only black law makers in the u.s. senate. we'll so what he thinks. >> they are doing everything they can to make him fail, i hope, i hope and i say this seriously, i hope that that is based on substance and not the fact that he is african-american. an emotional day as more survivors and witnesses took the stand describing the day that maj majorna dill hasan opened four. there was a chilling...
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this but harry reid can't have a stampede but he will allow a certain number. he has the opportunity to let a now people go, but how many will want to if you are a senator from las list? or mark pryor from arkansas and maryland rue and kay haggen in north carolina. you want to make sure you have your ticket and so you don't have to face the voters and who say you had a chance to stop and you wouldn't do it. >> we saw senate majority leader harry reid and said you wasted a lot of time and we need to get it back to the house. it will ping-pong back and forth. we are final lowlands that is the body responsible for taking the heat if the government doesn't get funded. there are republicans that suggested what cruz did robbed them of the time and get something palatable out of the house. what happens in the house? what are republicans planning for as they may get a bite at the apple? >> i don't think that senator reid is agonizing over the difficulties of the republican house. the intention of the senate would give it to them with little time and the house couldn't
this but harry reid can't have a stampede but he will allow a certain number. he has the opportunity to let a now people go, but how many will want to if you are a senator from las list? or mark pryor from arkansas and maryland rue and kay haggen in north carolina. you want to make sure you have your ticket and so you don't have to face the voters and who say you had a chance to stop and you wouldn't do it. >> we saw senate majority leader harry reid and said you wasted a lot of time and...
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>> well, i'd like to see harry reid with so many of his members from red states vulnerable in the coming election, and like to see the response he gets if he proposes to bring forward any serious gun restriction. i don't think it's coming out of the senate. i think too many in the senate majority leader's caucus would say no thank you, no thank you, mr. reid, the chances of a vote coming in the house-- >> see you soon. fly-over country or the heartland. in colorado, a state that's seen its fair share of tragic shootings, the state's legislature is considering several bills to regulate guns. as lawmakers worked earlier this week, 150 worried guns rights activists quietly marched outside to protest the still unwritten been control measures. here is more from the new democratic speaker of the house and some in the crowd. >> a lot of these things can be preempted or eliminated altogether if law abiding citizens packing heat could just do something about it before it it gets out of hand. >> the second amendment is sack crv v sack croand so is th first. >> it can be destructive, no doubt about
>> well, i'd like to see harry reid with so many of his members from red states vulnerable in the coming election, and like to see the response he gets if he proposes to bring forward any serious gun restriction. i don't think it's coming out of the senate. i think too many in the senate majority leader's caucus would say no thank you, no thank you, mr. reid, the chances of a vote coming in the house-- >> see you soon. fly-over country or the heartland. in colorado, a state that's...
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and senate majority leader harry reid made a take it or leave it offer to republicans a head of what could be the biggest change in how washington works that we have seen in decades. we'll tell you his offer on the table. very good story coming up there. and president obama wanted to celebrate the best of america when he started the points of life. today award number 5,000 is handed out. the former president will be back to the white house on 1600 pennsylvania avenue. it will be a moment to see and we'll be there next. let's get the ball rolling. in cities like charlotte, atlanta, and chicago, we're revving people up to take a lap around the legendary nascar race track with drivers from the coca-cola racing family. coca-coca family track walks give thousands of race fans the chance to get out, get moving, and have fun... all along the way. it's part of our goal to inspire more than three million people to rediscover the joy of being active this summer. see the difference all of us can make... together. >> two presidents are in the white house today. president obama and first lady hos
and senate majority leader harry reid made a take it or leave it offer to republicans a head of what could be the biggest change in how washington works that we have seen in decades. we'll tell you his offer on the table. very good story coming up there. and president obama wanted to celebrate the best of america when he started the points of life. today award number 5,000 is handed out. the former president will be back to the white house on 1600 pennsylvania avenue. it will be a moment to see...
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. >> megyn: harry reid has said i'll do whatever i can to get it past the finish line and chuck schumer, by the they'll have a vote on it. and how about the president's own immigration proposal tomorrow coming on the heels of this? >> well, if the president comes out and tries to take this farther, in other words, if he tries to have an even more liberal immigration scheme than these, this bipartisan group is proposing, then i think it will, you know, he may move a significant number of democrats left on this issue and upset the delicate compromise that's been reached here? i wonder if he'll do that. i wonder if the president feels the way senator schumer feels, we don't want the issue, we want the achievement? we'll see. >> megyn: we'll find out tomorrow. and i'm sure doesn't want to muck it up, muck up the chances, but maybe something more akin to what he wants if he's a forceful advocate. brit hume, always great to here your perspective. thank you. and we'll have the ice stream, the latest track on it next. hold on, prilosec isn't for fast relief. cue up alka-seltzer. it stops heartb
. >> megyn: harry reid has said i'll do whatever i can to get it past the finish line and chuck schumer, by the they'll have a vote on it. and how about the president's own immigration proposal tomorrow coming on the heels of this? >> well, if the president comes out and tries to take this farther, in other words, if he tries to have an even more liberal immigration scheme than these, this bipartisan group is proposing, then i think it will, you know, he may move a significant...
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reid who for the most part is a liberal democrat, but has been a friend of the n.r.a., more or less, going back several years. somebody like pat leahy also has been a proponent of gun rights. >> megyn: and jay, to stop the government from interfering with an individual's right to bear arms, it was meant to prevent, you know, exactly this kind of thing where lawmakers are trying to mess with somebody's firearm ownership. >> exactly. >> megyn: but the people on the other side say that the founders never could have envisioned a country in which we had 300 million guns and you know, high capacity magazines and semi automatic weapons. does it matter? >> well, no, it doesn't. because you don't get to modify the constitution of the united states because technology has changed. you know, the regulations that are in place on gun ownership vary from state to state and requirements to carry permits. they're legal retirements to be put in place, but you cannot do an executive fiat to infringe on the rights in the way that the court would deem to be unconstitutional. the wiggle room that they hav
reid who for the most part is a liberal democrat, but has been a friend of the n.r.a., more or less, going back several years. somebody like pat leahy also has been a proponent of gun rights. >> megyn: and jay, to stop the government from interfering with an individual's right to bear arms, it was meant to prevent, you know, exactly this kind of thing where lawmakers are trying to mess with somebody's firearm ownership. >> exactly. >> megyn: but the people on the other side...
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they have all died in harry r d reid's u.s. senate. it appears that this steam roller is not going to stop. even though we look at the polls that say that 58% of americans are concerned about the health care lobby. and so many people have gotten carve outs. we could guess that it is probably going to come up. in terms of all of that and the exceptions that have been made it leaves some folks wondering what is going to happen. there is a different culture here in the beltway than there is around the country. any talk about delaying obamacare is unacceptable. what they don't mention is by the way, we are going to delay stuff that we want to and that is fine. but as far as your concerns america, it is not going anywhere and harry reid says we don't have the votes here and this is the sniping that we live and breathe here. there was a cnn polyester dl ye that was devastating. they are deeply concerned and opposed to a lot of this law and the fact that there is one party giving voice to those concerns. i think that is something that republi
they have all died in harry r d reid's u.s. senate. it appears that this steam roller is not going to stop. even though we look at the polls that say that 58% of americans are concerned about the health care lobby. and so many people have gotten carve outs. we could guess that it is probably going to come up. in terms of all of that and the exceptions that have been made it leaves some folks wondering what is going to happen. there is a different culture here in the beltway than there is around...
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why does this have to get done before the july fourth recess, in harry reid's view and why so imperative we have this vote tomorrow before people even have a chance to read it? >> also, why is it such a hurry we can't have amendments to the bill. i have an amendment to guarantee if you are an undocumented worker you don't get welfare, the state have to check to see if you're a documented or undocumented worker before you apply for welfare, when you apply for welfare. i have a similar amendment for voting that says if you want to vote, you have to have proof of citizenship and they need to check it. they can't just have you check a box. these would be safeguards to make sure that the vote is safe and that welfare is safe from giving it to undocumented workers. neither one of those amendments will get a vote, in all likelihood. >> they say it will pass with flying colors in the senate predicting 68 maybe more votes on it and give it the momentum it needs to pass in the house. do you dispute that? >> i disagree in the house. i think it's dead on arrival in the house. i think the house is cl
why does this have to get done before the july fourth recess, in harry reid's view and why so imperative we have this vote tomorrow before people even have a chance to read it? >> also, why is it such a hurry we can't have amendments to the bill. i have an amendment to guarantee if you are an undocumented worker you don't get welfare, the state have to check to see if you're a documented or undocumented worker before you apply for welfare, when you apply for welfare. i have a similar...
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we have unions writing letters to harry reid and nancy pelosi, saying we need some changes or this is going to kill us. it's going to kill the idea of a 40-hour workweek in america and we may not be able to keep our benefits. now we have another major union asking employees to write to their congressmen to tell them to fix obama care. these are the people who backed the law. >> yeah. i wrote about this in "the wall street journal" recently. i was really taken by the letter from the teamsters, the food and commercial workers, and unite here, which is hotel workers. they made several points. one is that the law has perverse incentives in it to limit hourly employees to less than 30 hours a week, because if you're a full-time employee, that you're supposedly working 30 hours or more and you have to be given insurance coverage by your employer. you work less than 30 hours, you don't have to be provided insurance coverage. so a lot of people who hire hourly employees are limiting their hours to 30 hours, particularly in the hospitality and restaurant business. and this is having rippling t
we have unions writing letters to harry reid and nancy pelosi, saying we need some changes or this is going to kill us. it's going to kill the idea of a 40-hour workweek in america and we may not be able to keep our benefits. now we have another major union asking employees to write to their congressmen to tell them to fix obama care. these are the people who backed the law. >> yeah. i wrote about this in "the wall street journal" recently. i was really taken by the letter from...
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harry reid may stop them and the president may stop them. there is something to be said for getting another marker out there and they tried everything that they can possibly think of to cope the law from going in place. that may actually advantage them going into 2014. >> yes, it would be provided -- not the little details. >> and we wish that dr. toby krosgrove would have come on to explain what the cleveland clinic is thinking. the statement they put out is confusing. what the cleveland clinic told fox this week to prepare for health care reform cleveland clinic is changing the way it delivers service to patients. they can't even get their message straight. it is because of health care reform and off camera toby cosgrove said they are not blaming the white house. >> remember what sebillous did in raising money and recruiting more money for the health and insurance benefit. she was working with the people she regulated. she got in trouble with republicans in congress. she was calling to raise money from insurance companies that she regulate
harry reid may stop them and the president may stop them. there is something to be said for getting another marker out there and they tried everything that they can possibly think of to cope the law from going in place. that may actually advantage them going into 2014. >> yes, it would be provided -- not the little details. >> and we wish that dr. toby krosgrove would have come on to explain what the cleveland clinic is thinking. the statement they put out is confusing. what the...
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harry reid lied straight to the american people's faces. it's not the first time, of course, but this time he was contradicted and found out and revealed by the second most powerful democrat on capitol hill, that is nancy pelosi! just after he and steny hoyer denied there were ever any talks, of course there were talks about this. they were moving forward. and by the way, this prompted speaker boehner to say no, no, we wouldn't have it any other way than all of us in this thing together. >> megyn: boehner has been saying, i want -- yes, i want them to be exempted. i want everyone to be exempted. i want you to be exempted. i don't have anybody to have to go under obamacare. >> gets kind of crowded when we look at the carveouts and exemptions that president obama has provided, he has given it to religious groups, the catholic church included, after a little contra temt there. welfare recipients are exempted. they just get medicaid. >> megyn: that's what they're calling these, medicaid plus, which is one of the reasons people don't want to go
harry reid lied straight to the american people's faces. it's not the first time, of course, but this time he was contradicted and found out and revealed by the second most powerful democrat on capitol hill, that is nancy pelosi! just after he and steny hoyer denied there were ever any talks, of course there were talks about this. they were moving forward. and by the way, this prompted speaker boehner to say no, no, we wouldn't have it any other way than all of us in this thing together....
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and just a now days ago, look at this in a letter to nancy peel pole and harry reid. we can no longer stay silent in the elements of the affordable care act that will destroy the very health and well-being of our members along with millions of other hard working americans. >> that is a change of town. lesly, what is going on here? >> well, this is not a change of tune. it is a change of ven u from behind closed doors. i actually had a timesters representative on my talk she last night and the teamsters and unions support the affordable care act that everybody calls obama care. but they didn't want. os to be penalized, however it was essential that:e employers not be burdened. we were talking about a public option that was not part of the watered down version. it is not a change for the unions and teamsters president hoffa. saying look, we don't want our employees union to be down graded from full- time position and lose health care and pensions. >> yeah, but lesly, and chris i want you to address this. this discussion has been going on sense the whole debate over the
and just a now days ago, look at this in a letter to nancy peel pole and harry reid. we can no longer stay silent in the elements of the affordable care act that will destroy the very health and well-being of our members along with millions of other hard working americans. >> that is a change of town. lesly, what is going on here? >> well, this is not a change of tune. it is a change of ven u from behind closed doors. i actually had a timesters representative on my talk she last...